Overview

• Page says the driver kept her in his car for about 90 minutes and threatened to force her to strip for photos.
• The incident occurred around 2004–2005 during BBC’s To the Ends of the Earth after she ignored guidance not to go out without a chaperone.
• She recounts defusing the situation by joking with the man until he returned her to the hotel, where staff told her she was extremely lucky.
• Her remarks were published Sept. 25 following the Sept. 24 podcast episode, coinciding with publicity for her memoir Lush: My Story.
• Coverage notes her book also describes other misconduct, including an alleged groping by a TV host, and that legal advice led her not to name individuals; she also references Benedict Cumberbatch’s separate abduction during the same production period.